Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year
{{Infobox award
| name = Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year
| current_awards =
| image =
| imagesize = 110px
| awarded_for =
| presenter = Univision
| country = United States
| year = {{start date and age|2003}}
| year2 = {{start date and age|2017}}
| most_awards = Wisin & Yandel (4)
| most_nominations = Wisin & Yandel (7)
| website = [http://musica.univision.com/premio-lo-nuestro univision.com/premiolonuestro]
}}
The Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year is an honor presented annually by American television network Univision at the Lo Nuestro Awards. The accolade was established to recognize the most talented performers in Latin music.{{cite web |url=http://www.terra.com/musica/noticias/historia_premios_lo_nuestro/oci75000 |title=Historia: Premios Lo Nuestro |work=Terra Networks|publisher=Telefónica|access-date=June 10, 2013 |date=February 6, 2006| language=es}} Originally, nominees and winners were selected through a voting poll conducted among program directors of Spanish-language radio stations in the United States, as well as based on chart performance on Billboard Latin music charts, with the results being tabulated and certified by the accounting firm Deloitte.{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-01/features/9002010689_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-univision-and-billboard|title=Univision, Billboard Announce Latin Music Awards Nominees|work=Sun-Sentinel|publisher=Tribune Company|last=Lannert|first=John|date=April 1, 1990|access-date=August 16, 2013|archive-date=October 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002051426/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1990-04-01/features/9002010689_1_latin-music-awards-musica-latina-univision-and-billboard|url-status=dead}} However, since 2004, winners have been selected through an online survey. The trophy awarded is shaped in the form of a treble clef.
The award was first presented in 2003 to Is Back by Panamanian performer El General, who also won the following year. Puerto-Rican American reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel is the most nominated act, with seven nominations, and also are the most awarded, with four wins. Their winning albums Wisin vs. Yandel: Los Extraterrestres (2009), Wisin & Yandel Presentan: La Mente Maestra (with DJ Nesty) (2010), La Revolución: Evolucion (2011), and Líderes (2013), also reached number-one at the Billboard Latin Albums chart.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/431485/wisin-yandel/chart?f=330|title=Wisin & Yandel - Chart History|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|access-date=October 15, 2014}} Los Extraterrestres also received the Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album.{{cite news|title=9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11,0,733605.htmlstory|access-date=October 20, 2014|date=September 10, 2007|work=Los Angeles Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026013643/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11,0,4706218.htmlstory|archive-date=October 26, 2012}}{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/4565685/Grammy-Awards-2009-The-full-list-of-winners.html|title=Grammy Awards 2009: The full list of winners|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=February 9, 2009|access-date=October 15, 2014}} Barrio Fino by Puerto-Rican American rapper Daddy Yankee was awarded the Lo Nuestro for Urban Album of the Year in 2005; with the album Daddy Yankee was the first reggaeton act to debut at the top of the Billboard Latin Albums chart and became the best-selling Latin album of the decade (2000–2010) in the United States.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/album-review/6205088/daddy-yankee-barrio-classic-track-by-track|title=Exclusive: Daddy Yankee's Track-by-Track Review of His Barrio Fino, 10 Years Later|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|first=Leila|last=Cobo|date=August 1, 2014|access-date=October 15, 2014}} Puerto Rican performer Ivy Queen is the only female artist to win the award, receiving it in 2008 for her album Sentimiento (2007). Puerto-Rican American reggaeton performer Don Omar is the most nominated artist without a win, with five unsuccessful nominations. In 2017, Pretty Boy / Dirty Boy by Colombian artist Maluma became the last award recipient, as in the nominations for the 2019 awards, the category for Urban Album of the Year was not included.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin/8492678/premio-lo-nuestro-2019-nominations-full-list|title=Premio Lo Nuestro 2019 Nominations: Natti Natasha, J Balvin, Bad Bunny Lead Nods|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|first=Jessica|last=Roiz|date=January 8, 2019|access-date=January 21, 2019}}
Winners and nominees
Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees.
| class="wikitable" |
| scope="col" width=% | Key
!scope="col" width=% | Meaning |
|---|
| style="background:#FAEB86"| {{double-dagger}}
|Indicates the winning album |
File:DaddyYankee.jpg (pictured in 2006), two-time winner (2005 and 2007)]]
File:Ivy Queen, 2010.jpg (pictured in 2010), winner in 2008]]
File:Pitbull_the_rapper_in_performance_(2011).jpg (pictured in 2011), winner in 2012]]
File:J Balvin - Tranquila - Festival de Viña del Mar 2017 - HD (1).jpg (pictured in 2017), two-time winner (2015–2016)]]
Multiple wins and nominations
| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 style="text-align: center; background: #f6e39c" |
| scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Number
!scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Performer(s) |
|---|
| colspan="2"| Wins |
| scope="row" rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 4
| Wisin & Yandel |
| scope="row" rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 2
| J Balvin |
| Daddy Yankee |
| El General |
| colspan="2"| Nominations |
| scope="row" rowspan=1 style="text-align:center" | 7
| Wisin & Yandel |
| scope="row"| {{center| 6}}
| Daddy Yankee |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 4
| Alexis & Fido |
| Don Omar |
| scope="row" rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 3
| Tito El Bambino |
| J Balvin |
| scope="row" rowspan=9 style="text-align:center" | 2
| Angel & Khriz |
| Dyland & Lenny |
| El General |
| Farruko |
| Flex |
| Ivy Queen |
| Vico C |
| Wisin |
| Yandel |
See also
References
{{Reflist|20em}}
{{Premio Lo Nuestro}}
{{Premios Lo Nuestro categories}}
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